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Published: Sunday, 15 March 2020 10:28
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Using e-cigarettes alters the mouth’s microbiome—the community of bacteria and other microorganisms—and makes users more prone to inflammation and infection, finds a new study led by researchers at NYU College of Dentistry. It is published in iScience, a Cell Press journal and is the first to demonstrate that vaping changes the oral microbiome and adds to our limited understanding of the safety profile of e-cigarettes.
Read more: Research: Vaping changes oral microbiome, increasing risk of infection
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Published: Friday, 13 March 2020 16:41
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A Scottish dental practice has taken a decision to temporarily close as a precaution following the emergence of a coronavirus case there. The Stewart and Stewart Dental Practice in Cumbernauld is currently working closely with NHS Lanarkshire’s public health team who are in the process of contacting practice patients who have been in contact with the confirmed case.
Read more: Scottish practice closes over case of Covid-19 being found
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Published: Wednesday, 11 March 2020 21:15
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The Chancellor of the Excequer, the Rt Hon Rishi Sunak, has presented his first budget to MPs, barely a month after being appointed. In the words of BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg, he opened a ‘very large cheque-book’ and signalled an end to austerity. Nick Ledingham, Chairman of NASDAL and Director at Specialist Dental Accountants, Morris and Co, tells GDPUK how this budget could affect dentists.
Read more: Budget gives support for the economic impact of Covid-19
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Published: Wednesday, 11 March 2020 07:33
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The BDA has given evidence in person to the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB), based on members’ views who were asked to provide the evidence on pay and morale. Eddie Crouch and his team stressed dentists’ recruitment crisis, low morale, access problems for patients, delays in paying the DDRB award and below inflation pay increases leading to under-funding of NHS dentistry.
Read more: BDA tells the Review Body the facts about NHS dentists’ pay
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Published: Tuesday, 10 March 2020 07:56
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Deputy Chief Dental Officer, Eric Rooney, has issued a letter to dentists and their teams to update them on what is happening, to share some key resources and ‘how we plan to communicate with you’. He says that as part of their preparedness plans, they ‘will continue to develop advice and plans to support dental practices’. He gives the example of guidance on face mask supply set out in the letter.
Read more: Deputy CDO updates Covid-19 advice for dental teams
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Published: Monday, 09 March 2020 07:25
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Alan Suggett, Partner at UNW LLP and Media Officer of NASDAL (National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants and Lawyers) has said, “there have been several inaccurate statements recently published in relation to the change in tax rules being introduced with effect from April 2020”. To those Associates who have been worried about how the upcoming changes in IR35 will affect them, NASDAL have created a flowchart to see if and how the new IR35 will affect you.
Read more: NASDAL publishes advice on tax for associates
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Published: Monday, 09 March 2020 07:22
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International Women’s Day – celebrated 8 March every year- aims to, among other causes, honour the achievements of women throughout history and across the globe. Dental Protection, which currently has over 155,000 female members around the world, is proud to support women in healthcare across the world and has today unveiled information about its first women members.
Read more: Dental Protection celebrates first women in dentistry
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Published: Thursday, 05 March 2020 07:46
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The FGDP(UK) has recently publicised this change, which was recommended last year by a joint NHS England – NHS Improvement working group, and while the definition of the ’wrong site surgery’ category of Never Event includes wrong site block for pain relief, ‘local anaesthetic blocks for dental procedures’ has been added to the list of exclusions.
Read more: Wrong site intra-oral block has been removed from NHS England’s list of Never Events.
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Published: Wednesday, 04 March 2020 07:33
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An article by Hill Dickinson highlights a recent judgement which, they say, has the potential for far-reaching implications for the dental profession and how dental services are provided. A dental practice has been found to owe a non-delegable duty of care to an NHS patient and be vicariously liable for the associate dentist’s treatment.
Read more: Dental practice is held vicariously liable for independent dentist’s treatment
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